For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will yet sprout, and the branches thereof will not cease.

Though the root of it wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof be dead in the ground,

Yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

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“At least there is hope for a tree:(A)
    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
    and its new shoots(B) will not fail.(C)
Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump(D) die in the soil,
yet at the scent of water(E) it will bud
    and put forth shoots like a plant.(F)

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